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...are defined as the latest form of teams whose members share a commonspurpose and who use technology to cross time zones, distance, and the boundaries of organizations and/or culturess(Lipnack, 1999b; =-=Noe, 2002-=-).sAlmost all rely upon digital technology (e-mail, Internet, video conferencing) tosinteract and complete their projects (Noe, 2002).sVirtual teams and conventional teams are similar in that both gro...

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...sky, 2002).sInformation technology has played a major role in facilitating thesproliferation of virtual teams and has enabled multinational organizations to connect employees from all over thesworld (=-=Merrick, 1996-=-). Virtual teams have come to suit today’s more flexible and adaptive organizational systems,sstructures, and processes, conforming well to those changes (Bell et al., 2002).sVirtual teams will no dou...

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... virtual teams, companies have faced some problems.sPrevious research has demonstrated that the implementation of virtual teams in the absence of sound planning andsdesign can lead to large problems (=-=George, 1996-=-).sThis paper aims to provide an overview of virtual teams, including a description of their emergence, a definitionsand typology of the term “virtual team,” an examination of their benefits and pitfa...

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...de up of team members who are from different geographical locations, different organizations or partssof the organization, and who identify as a team for different lengths of time (Bell et al., 2002; =-=Cantu, 1997-=-; George,s1996; Lipnack, 1997). Next, the ability of members to transcend their spatial separation is effected by variousscommunication technologies, ranging from common and simple ones such as email ...

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...t, and then the most appropriate communication andscollaborative technologies should be selected. Time and cultural differences should be taken into account whensselecting communication technologies (=-=Robb, 2002-=-).sDue to time constraints and the rush to implement virtual teams, companies may underestimate the need to plansand design around the differences inherent in these teams. Previous research has demons...

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... location, since they have complementary skills, work under a commonspurpose, have interdependent performance goals, and share an approach to work for which they hold themselvessmutually accountable (=-=Gould, 1999-=-). They enable organizations to respond faster to increased competition and tosprovide greater flexibility to individuals working from home, those on the road, and those across organizations (Bells& K...